NYC: Tornado Terror (TV 2008)

What appears to be harmless little whirlwinds and dust devils turns out to be a precursor to something a lot more deadlier and ends up threatening New York City's very existence.

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writer:

T.S. Cook

Stars:

Nicole de Boer, Sebastian Spence, Jerry Wasserman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicole de Boer	...	Cassie Lawrence (as Nicole deBoer)
Sebastian Spence	...	Jim Lawrence
Jerry Wasserman	...	Mayor Leonardo
Winston Rekert	...	Dr. Lars Liggenhorn
Colby Johannson	...	Brian Flynn
Tegan Moss	...	Lori Lawrence
Jill Morrison	...	Lucy
Matthew Harrison	...	Dr. Quinn
Paulo Ribeiro	...	Lefferts
Jennifer Copping	...	Maggie Flynn
Patricia Isaac	...	Wife #1
Richard Ian Cox	...	Herbert
Samantha Ferris	...	Lillian
Emy Aneke	...	Ken Hardsell
David Orth	...	Pilot

Storyline

An unexplained, local split in the atmosphere causes a series of total unpredictable, yet devastating tornadoes. Rookie fireman Brian Flynn gets trapped in the underground sewage with his girlfriend, deputy mayor James 'Jim' Lawrence and climatologist Dr. Cassie Lawrence's niece Lori. Mayor Leonardo of New York initially refuses to pay proper attention to the phenomenon, a 'reelection threat', so the alert status remains too low for long. Atypical lightning discovered inside tornadoes adds unprecedented dangers. The Lawrences and aeronautics renegade Dr. Lars Liggenhorn conceive a possible solution by launching rockets, but NASA's Dr. Quinn overrules them, imposing standard silver iodine.

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Plot Keywords:

new york city | nasa | dust devil | trapped in a building | unnatural phenomenon | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 October 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

New York Tornado

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fast Productions Ltd., Fast (Tornado) Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Several of the photographs downloaded from the park victim's camera show him from behind while he is shooting those same photos. The shots are just stills taken from the original scene.

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Connections

Features Madeline (1991)

User Reviews

Simply Bad is all I can say

So I'm usually up for watching a good action flick. But this one just kills. Literally if the acting wasn't bad enough the burning of my eyes from the crappy special effects should be a good idea how bad this movie was. I know that I am never going to get back that 3 hours of my life. The red spot when you saw it as one person commented really did remind me of something you would see on Star trek the original series. I would not be recommending this movie to anyone. Yet another Canadian movie that for some reason they can't have it happen in a Canadian city always has to be the good old USA that has to save the day give me a break. No offense meant.